License-plate holder and illuminator therefor



KHMER LICEHSE PLATE HOLDER AND SLLUMINATOR THEREFOR.

APPLICATION HLED DEC12,192-

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

INVENTOR ATTORN EY UNQT GEORGE KRAMER, O1 BRGUKLYN', NEW YQRQK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application filed December 12, 1921. Serial No. 521,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KRAMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State oi New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in License-Plate Holders andllluminators 'lherefor, of which the fol" lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to license plate illuminating devices and has forits primary object the provision of a casing'structure formed anddesigned whereby to adapt itself to a regulation license plate of thekind having bracket apertures therein for reception of the customarylicense supporting Brackets, and the provision of a casing whereinapertures are formed and adapted to coincide with the apertures of thelicense plate so as to operatively accommodate the aforesaid brackets.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a license plateilluminating device which will consist of a casing structure openrespectively at its front and rear sides and respectively adapted toaccommodate the license plate and a transparent panel and illuminatingmeans being; provided in the casing that light will be uniformly castupon the license indicia of the license 1 plate.

A further object of the invention is to provide a license plateilluniinator which will consist of means for supporting the licenseplate and a transparent panel, the latter having 'an opaque portionbehind which an electric lamp is arranged and adapted to i'inif'ormlyilluminate the license iudicia of said plate.

A further object oi. the invention is to provide a novel form of licenseplate illuminator which Will be simple, strong" and durable and whichwill embody a transparent panel formed of rela ively tiexihle matcriaisuch isinglass, celluloid, or the like.

-Witl the above and other objects in view which will appear as thenature of the inveution is better understood, the same consists in' theimproved construction and novel. arangements of parts which willhereinafter he 'lully described and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated, a single andpreferred form of the invention, it bcinm however, understood that nolimitations are necessarily made to the precise structural detailstherein exhihited, but that changes, alterations and modificationswithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

Figure 1 is a front perspective View of the device.

Figure is a rear perspective view thereof. Figure 3 is a verticalsection taken subtantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In carrying the invention into practice, use is made of a casing whichis preferably formed of metal and provided with a sub stantiallyhorizontal base wall 5 and a top wall 6, the latter ex ending rearwardlyand upwardly and provided at its free rear edge with a guide flange 7.The Wall 5 is provided with aisiniilar guide flange 8. These Walls 5 and(3 are connected by end walls 9 and 10, the latter provided with a stopflange 11 and the former with a bendable locking flange 12. Mounted toslide in the guide flanges 7 and 8 is a transparent panel 13 which isformed preferably of isinglass, celluloid or some other suitable wellknowntransparent flexible material. This panel is provided with anopaque curtain 14, which extends over the full length of the panel atthe top thereof at a point in immediate proximity to the wall 6, of thecasing. This curtain is preferably formed by coating the panel with asuitable opaque or non-transparent paint. However, it do not wish tolimit myself in this connection as other means might be substitutedthere- '90 for without departing from the spirit of the annexed claims.

The walls 5 and G, are upstruck at the rear open side of the casing soas to provide guide flanges 15 and i5 and the end wall-'10 iscorrespondingly upstruck to provide a stop flange 17. These flangesrespectively accommodate'the customary license plate 18, the samehaving; slots 20-20 formed therein which coincide with correspondingslots 21 formed in the wall 6. Incident to this arrangement it obviouslyfollows that these slots 20 and 21 are capable of adapting themselves tothe customary supporting brackets as provided for the usual support ofthe license plate. The wall 9 of the casing is provided with a flangehaving a cut out portion or finger space 23 from \vhicl one end ot' thelicense plate is exposed \vh y it can be manipulated by the fingers andadjusted into the guides 15 and 16 or res moved therefrom as theoccasiondemands.

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The top wall 6 of the oasis rr provided with a socket :ulaptecl to larranged in a suitable battery circuit {not shown This socket opens intothe casing and is arranged at the medial portion of tlie Willi (5 am thesame is adapted to accommodate an elongated longitudinally disposedelectric bulb 25 as shown. in dotted lime in Figure in this manner thebulb is (llSlIlO-S'Bil entirely behind the opaque curtain. i l and. itadapted to cast a my of light against the inside angular surface of thewell. 6 willcom'osponelingly against the inside surface of the Walls 5.,9 All of these walls are pref l'illllz)" mirrored and. owing; to egeneral minim ment of instrumentslities and the manner of moui'iting theelectrii: bulb behind the our tain 1.4, :1 uniform light cast over thein-- dlCllL bearing surface Ufli the license plate mail the same isilluminated in manner which will enable one to see it $01. a at sideable distance at night. In. lei to relieve the casing of water of conwall 5 of the casing pro. apertures hat I. claim new is l. A. iilevioecomm-rising two sides, a tie rent p: side of the casing, the ethercasing adapted to he (Ell u bearing plate, the imlieie on. facing said.transparent or i l ing an opaque cu.

meal haw-- the full length of the. casing Iv p thereof. and a lampinterpose-ii lietw'es; i, {)YTJBH sides of the casing and. snpportetl byone Wall of the latter and concealed by se'al cumin.

2. A license plate l'ii'sldl-v" therefor compris' 155 r}, was sides, a.flexible transparent 0 at two panel removably i l uninetor umefitteilover one side of the eesinm the other panel and a lump supportedby one of said walls and arranged at the rear of said 'curtuin.

3. A device comprising :1 oasingopen at two sides, one of said sideshaving means for the (letao eliie zwcoiimiodetion of an. indic'm hearingl): one wall of tlfi ea lievlng slots tlleI m to wincide with thebracket :oiving slots in said plate, :1 t'iwispzirent panel in the otherpen side of the ill. provided with an opaque curtain, (i=1 on said platefacing said trans; panel, and 21- lamp sup-- ported in the czisiiigbehind said on twin.

4; A. device comprising a casing open at two i Mill provic d with wallsincluding no. nngulurly tlispo. 10 frame bean having .l ien sidesliming; means for zwcommodati ag stud plate 'ale trio; sperent pen -1"43 the other in: paint silspurent min on HG-l, mil. conand the to causea over the lamp is v-n sling.

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